These are my songs as rough ideas. I am not good at recording my own stuff (yet), so they might be pretty scrappy and sometimes a bit off. I am just playing around while trying to save my creative decisions. This is mainly to share with artists and producers to potentially work with to create proper tracks (backing tracks / vocal production).

These songs are mostly unreleased and not meant to be distributed in its current state.

Worktapes / Demos / Rough Idea Recordings

This is my second try working with a microphone and recording in a DAW, first time recording piano.
Started writing this song a while ago but am trying to finish this one up as part of FAWM. There's a few elements that I am not happy with yet but also several that I love. Trying to figure out how to fix the stuff I don't like

Hollow Dance

Verse 1:
I fell for those eyes, deep and blue, Thought I found love, something true. We laughed and danced till the world spun round, It was just me standing, heart on th’ ground.
Pre-Chorus:
Your touch was warm, your smile a flame, But love was a game you never named. I was singing my heart out, a one-girl show, While you kept quiet, just watching the glow.
Chorus:
Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance, Ohh-ohh, just an empty chance. Ohh-ohh, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed, you just stayed. Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance. hollow dance. 
Verse 2:
The rides at midnight ended too soon, Your promised whispers (under a) silver moon. I poured my love like rain in the drought, But your silence was louder, no doubt.
Pre-Chorus:
You held my hand but didn’t hold on, A lighthouse beaming, but never drawn. I reached out, felt the rush, felt the rain, But touching you always came with pain.
Chorus:
Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance, Ohh-ohh, just an empty chance. Ohh-ohh, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed, you just stayed. Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance. hollow dance. 
Bridge:
A fire that only warmed my side, A book half-written, pages denied. I wished on stars that fell too fast, Dreams built on moments that couldn’t last.
Chorus:
Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance, Ohh-ohh, just an empty chance. Ohh-ohh, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed, you just stayed. Ohh-ohh, it was a hollow dance. hollow dance. 
Outro:
Yeah, I spun, I swayed, But you just stayed. In a hollow dance, I stayed.

Hollow Dance (Worktape)

Wrote this during a session in song camp together with Paul. Still trying to figure out how to record myself so it sounds decent. This is Pauls instrumental arrangement at this stage.

Cold Glass

[Verse] There’s someone in the mirror
Wearing my hat
Damn it looks much better on her
She’s got everything I never had
Can’t stop staring at her
With those shining eyes
No, I can’t smile back at her
Cause every smile is a lie

[Chorus]
Oh when I stop looking at you
There’s no one in the room
No one in the room
Oh when I stop looking at you
Theres no one in the room
No one in the room

[Verse]
When I lose who I am
Not sure what I am good at
You gain confidence
When you’re smiling again
Just an echo from the past
I try to reach out my hand
There’s just cold ….

[Chorus]
Oh when I stop looking at you
There’s no one in the room
No one in the room
Oh when I stop looking at you
Theres no one in the room
No one in the room

[Bridge}
Her voice is quiet
That’s my own
The fragile truth
I’ve always known
You reach a hand
And I believe
And then again
I’m touching cold … 

[Chorus]
Oh when I stop looking at you
There’s no one in the room
No one in the room
Oh when I stop looking at you
Theres no one in the room
No one in the room

Cold Glass (Worktape)

Over You

Over You (Radio Edit)

Boundaries

Garden of Eatin

Written for June 12 Stories 12 Songs Challenge.

Halfway Home To You

written for final assignment melody course

Homeless

The Scientist

Even in the Desert (demo)

Drums - Martine Wade
Piano, Rhodes, Organ, Minimoog - Jack Redsecker
Bass - Mikey Migliore
Mixed, Mastered, Arranged, All Other Instruments - mangokim
Engineering - Lana Migliore
Recorded at Hybrid Studios in California


Lyrics:

It’s time to drop these paper friends
Let the waters soak them in

But that don’t talk about it, no
Don’t you side with everybody
That don’t talk about it
Everyone is silent

Behind the iris, in the chest
I’m blue from your pressure

But that don’t talk about it, no
Don’t you side with everybody
That don’t talk about it
Everyone is silent

I’m over denial
I’m over conformity
I’m gonna speak out now
I’m gonna be free
I’m over these paper friends

[Searing Guitar Solo]

But that don’t talk about it, no
Don’t you side with everybody
That don’t talk about it
Everyone is silent

Even in the Desert (demo)

CC Sanders

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